Nurse leaders' experiences of upwards violence in the workplace: a systematic review protocol.

What are nurse leaders' experiences of upwards violence in nursing workplaces?

Experiences of older adults accessing specialized healthcare services in rural or remote areas: a systematic review protocol.

Objective: The objective of this review is to synthesize the literature on the experiences of older adults accessing specialized healthcare services while living in remote or rural areas.

Introduction: Older persons with chronic illnesses often need specialized healthcare services. Those who live in remote or rural areas may have limited access to these specialized healthcare services, potentially leading to an increase in morbidity and mortality.

Critical Appraisal Toolkit (CAT) for assessing multiple types of evidence.

Healthcare professionals are often expected to critically appraise research evidence in order to make recommendations for practice and policy development. Here we describe the Critical Appraisal Toolkit (CAT) currently used by the Public Health Agency of Canada. The CAT consists of: algorithms to identify the type of study design, three separate tools (for appraisal of analytic studies, descriptive studies and literature reviews), additional tools to support the appraisal process, and guidance for summarizing evidence and drawing conclusions about a body of evidence.

Parents' and guardians' experiences of barriers and facilitators in accessing autism spectrum disorder diagnostic services for their children: a systematic review protocol of qualitative evidence.

What are parents' and guardians' experiences of barriers and facilitators in accessing autism spectrum disorder diagnostic services for their children?

Older nurses' experiences of providing direct care in hospital nursing units: a qualitative systematic review.

Background: Most developed countries throughout the world are experiencing an aging nursing workforce as their population ages. Older nurses often experience different challenges then their younger nurse counterparts. With the increase in older nurses relative to younger nurses potentially available to work in hospitals, it is important to understand the experience of older nurses on high paced hospital nursing units.

Experiences and cessation needs of Indigenous women who smoke during pregnancy: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

Objectives: The aim of this review was to identify and synthesize the best available evidence to address two questions: i) what is the experience of smoking during pregnancy for Indigenous women? and ii) what are the smoking cessation needs of Indigenous women who smoke during pregnancy?

Introduction: Smoking during pregnancy not only affects pregnant women's general health but also causes such serious problems as pre-term delivery, low birth weight, and sudden infant death. Rates of smoking during pregnancy are particularly high among Indigenous women. Learning about Indigenous women's experiences of smoking during pregnancy and associated smoking cessation needs is important to providing informed health care to them.

Foot self-management for adults with diabetes in western countries: a scoping review protocol.

The objective of this scoping review is to examine and map the range of issues related to self-management of feet in adults with diabetes with similar lifestyles, risks and health care in western countries.

Critical appraisal through a new lens.

Critical appraisal is a skill that nurses require. But how can they develop it?

Adolescent depression: meeting therapeutic challenges through an integrated narrative approach.

Topic: The adolescent period is a time of transition and change often associated with losses and adjustment issues at the family, school, and individual levels. When this normal developmental transition is interrupted and compounded by depressive illness, treatment needs and nursing therapeutic challenges can be daunting.

Purpose: This clinically based article explores the clinical process and progress in work with a 14-year-old adolescent boy who was diagnosed with a major depressive episode.

A prospective study of early ambulation 90 minutes post-left heart catheterization using a retrospective comparison group.

Background: Despite a trend toward a reduction in bedrest time after left heart catheterization (LHC) in many Canadian centres, an evidence-based standard of practice has not been established. Canadian bedrest times range from two to four hours post-LHC. Two recent prospective non-randomized studies (n = 1,000) indicate safety of ambulation at 60 and 90 minutes post-LHC.

Are nurses prepared for retirement?

Aim: This study explored various factors and income sources that registered nurses believe are important in retirement planning.

Background: In many countries worldwide, many registered nurses are approaching retirement age. This raises concerns related to the level of preparedness of retiring nurses.

Low-fat or low-carbohydrate diet for cardiovascular health.

Obesity is a major, modifiable risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Climbing obesity rates are leaving Canadians at increased risk for disability, disease and premature death. This has led to increased interest in dietary interventions to control weight and reduce obesity.

Adolescent girls' experience of witnessing marital violence: a phenomenological study.

The impact of witnessing marital violence on children and adolescents has only recently come to the attention of family violence researchers. The research emphasis has been on the behavioural effects of exposure to marital violence, with boys from these homes surfacing as the most visible victims. Girls, who some researchers believe show a less visible response, have been a largely neglected group.